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ROMANTIC MUSINGS: Forever Love
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“You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.” ~Grace Willows, To Kiss A King
We don’t remember everything.
We experience so much in our lives: our first breath, our first word, our first step, our first kiss, our first love and our first heartbreak.
Most of it, in the beginning, is beyond our capacity to recall.
The rest of it we forget. Whether by choice, or by chance we may never know, but we do nonetheless.
Why is that?
Does it even matter?
The why, I mean.
Are we meant to remember everything, or are we destined to only remember specific things, minute details that define our lives?
Love, for instance, is something we recall like a memorable song.
The lyrics, the melody, the feeling that it gave us in the moment...we recollect specific aspects when we hear that song, but our perception of it is altered with time.
There are instances when it takes us back to that moment, but no longer fills us with the jubilation, or the sorrow of that moment. Instead, it is merely a shadow of what it once was...and we reflect, either with indifference or with insight and we think about how far we have come.
I, for one, prefer to reflect on love.
Love.
The unforgettable storm of emotions that floods our hearts and rains through our eyes. The raging sea of our emotions that is capable of destroying us and cleansing us all at once.
Love, in all its glory is the only emotion that defines our lives, for it is known that what we do in the name of it echoes through eternity.
And it is for that reason that love is forever.
Everything about love changes us.
It is the reason the poet opens his or her heart to the world.
That action alone has an impact on the heart of another even centuries later.
Love is the reason one trades innocence for experience, and leaves us with regret.
Yet, love is the reason one will forgo the attention of many for the affection of one.
This is the beauty of love.

Saw this while I was in the checkout line at the grocery this morning.
Many people are anxious to start working with a #healthcoach because they think their beloved morning #coffee is going to be criticized or (worse) eliminated.
The truth is, I have never asked anyone to give up their morning cup. ☕
For many people, that greeting of the day with a mug of hot coffee is an important part of their #selfcare . They may not see it as such, but any time you have #ritual in your day, that's part of the fabric of who you are.
And why would I want to change that?? So, yes, you can have your coffee and still build #healthyhabits .☕☕☕ 📚And if you're a #booklover like I am, I highly recommend "The Coffee Trader" by David Liss.📚 #reader#morningcup#everythinginmoderation

Self-revelation is a long and winding road. Insight tends to follow rather then precede action. There, deep within the rife scent of a bad situation is the truth. It is only human to prefer to ignore the signs that smell of impending pain and agita. ~Friday's Child
What's That Smell? :: http://alexandrabrooks.com/?p=2056 #monday#quotes#blog#slo#morrobay#Reader

The Far Away Brothers||Lauren Markham||⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“The fact is, walls do not secure borders, they simply make them harder to cross.” Lauren Markham
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This book is about a set of Salvadorian twins, unaccompanied minors, and their migration to America. It is fantastic. The book weaves their personal story with the greater social, historical, and political context of the immigration crisis in Central America. It is honest, sympathetic, thoughtful, and thought provoking. I highly recommend this book.

Un giorno spiegai a mio padre che non sarei mai riuscita a sistemare la mia libreria dividendo i libri già letti da quelli che ancora dovrei leggere perché mi sarebbe venuta l'ansia nel guardare quanti me ne mancavano. E mio padre, stupito, mi disse "Ansia?Perché dovresti avere l'ansia nel guardare quanti libri devi leggere?Dovresti essere felice ed emozionata nel guardare in quante storie ancora ti puoi immergere"
Papà ti voglio bene
Auguri ♡
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One day I explained to my father that I would never be able to fix my bookshelf by dividing the books already read by those that I should still read because I would have the anxiety to look at how many I have to read. And my father, astonished, told me "Anxiety?Why should you be anxious about looking at how many books you have to read? You should be happy and excited to look at how many stories you can still immerse yourself"
Dad, I love you
Happy Father's Day ♡
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“Then perhaps we should carve a world one day where the strength lies in who you are, rather than in what they expect you to be.” The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco was the last book I read in 2017, and needless to say I ended the year SHOOK. Despite some of the negative reviews it received on GR - I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was atmospheric, and deliciously dark, which is something that I (surprisingly to some of you) enjoyed.💀 I love a dark, tragic main. I have a full review of this book on my Blog if you’d like to read more of my thoughts on it, link in bio. -
-Chupeco’s stunning sequel, The Heart Forger, will finally be out in the world TOMORROW and I cannot wait to have it in my hands. I’m sure it will be thoroughly shookening. 🖤
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“Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries—but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.”
-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
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Are there any books that you’ll never get tired of reading no matter how many times?
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I do have. It’s #Coraline by #NeilGaiman ❤️ I will never get tired of reading it. 🌹
Toodles! 🙌🏻

This book, Where We Belong by @lynnaustinbooks was pure joy to read. I identified with the heroines so deeply. My desire, bordering on obsession, with travel and culture and history was played out on the pages of this novel. And, in the end, I was reminded that there's a reason God put that in me. Not for my own pleasure or gain, but for the kingdom of God.
Also, macarons...I made my first batch Friday. Filled with buttercream and homemade orange curd, they turned out better than I expected. They're all gone -- all 30 of them. I will be making many, many more.